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THIS one I know I haven't posted.
Alfred Hitchcock was notoriously hard on actors. He was once quoted as saying, “Actors are cattle”—a quip that stirred up a huge outcry. In response, he issued this correction: “I have been misquoted. What I really said is, ‘Actors should be treated as cattle.’”
Alfred Hitchcock was notoriously hard on actors. He was once quoted as saying, “Actors are cattle”—a quip that stirred up a huge outcry. In response, he issued this correction: “I have been misquoted. What I really said is, ‘Actors should be treated as cattle.’”
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And his first name is Miles.Buster wrote:Chief O'Brien's middle name is Edward.
Most of you probably don't even know who that is, so it's twice as irrelevant!
Now we know where the name of Mr. the Wolf comes from.
Since wolfs pick their names themselfs. Maybe Miles watched too much Star Trek as a pup.
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Ha! I knew both statements!Render wrote:And his first name is Miles.Buster wrote:Chief O'Brien's middle name is Edward.
Most of you probably don't even know who that is, so it's twice as irrelevant!
Now we know where the name of Mr. the Wolf comes from.
Since wolfs pick their names themselfs. Maybe Miles watched too much Star Trek as a pup.
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The piano was originally known as a pianoforte, named after its ability to play quietly or loudly, unlike the harpsichord, which only has one volume level.
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Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift apart.
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The broadway musical "Cats" was based on a series of poems called "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T. S. Eliot.
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Another key on my laptop short-circuited. This time, it's the CAPS key.
I have to get used to holding SHIFT now.
I have to get used to holding SHIFT now.
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In the movie Chicken Run Mrs. Tweedy's first name is Felicia.
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The Earth's North and South Poles flip polarity on a semi-frequent basis, having done so more then 20 times in the past 5 million years. That means that with the next flip, all compasses will be pointing South rather then North.
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Technically they'd still be pointing to magnetic North. It's just that magnetic North would be near the geographic south pole. Wrap you head around that.
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around most of them that i read. xD
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On January 15, 1919, a large molasses storage tank burst in Boston, Massachusetts, sending a wave of molasses through the streets at an estimated 35mph, killing 21 and injury 150. For decades after the incident, people claimed that on hot summer days the area still smelled of molasses.
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Well Punchy,
I guess we can say that factoid the was
bittersweet
Useless fact time: Throwing your shoe at a spider only increases your chance of damaging drywall
It also traumitizes spiders.
I guess we can say that factoid the was
bittersweet
Useless fact time: Throwing your shoe at a spider only increases your chance of damaging drywall
It also traumitizes spiders.
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The tip of a fencing weapon is the second fastest moving object in the Olympics. The fastest is a bullet.
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To this day, I think they still do.Punchy wrote:On January 15, 1919, a large molasses storage tank burst in Boston, Massachusetts, sending a wave of molasses through the streets at an estimated 35mph, killing 21 and injury 150. For decades after the incident, people claimed that on hot summer days the area still smelled of molasses.
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I'll have to remind myself to see that for myself, as I live only a little under an hour from Boston.
Speaking of that: it takes 52 minutes to get from Pawtucket (where I live - not about to give out more than that) to Boston.
Speaking of that: it takes 52 minutes to get from Pawtucket (where I live - not about to give out more than that) to Boston.
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In starcraft 2 there's an easter egg that features a Murloc from WoW and Diablo from the game that shares his name.
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The most well known people to play the Phantom in the broadway musical The Phantom of the Opera are Michael Crawford (who is the first Phantom and before was known for comedic roles at that point), Colm Wilkinson (who was originally going to be the first Phantom, but he was busy playing Jean Valjean in Les Misérables at the time), Howard McGillin (who holds the record for the most performances of the Phantom), Ramin Karimloo (who played the Phantom for the 25th anniversary celebration at the Royal Albert Hall), and most recently Norm Lewis (who is the first African American actor to play the Phantom on broadway).
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The Gideons, who went on to place millions of Bibles in hotels, prisons, hospitals and military bases, first did so at the Superior Hotel in Iron Mountain, Montana, in 1908.
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Hehehe!
Is that your face there?
Is that your face there?
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No, it's just from the article.
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For a minute, I thought that this topic was about the moderator.
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Originally, Po from Kung fu Panda was supposed to be a jerk, but when Dreamworks found out that Jack Black was going to play him, they reworked him to a number one fan kind of guy.
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I'm trying to imagine Jack Black being a jerk and it's just not working.
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I don't think that it is even possible.
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Richard Williams' The Thief and the Cobbler spend so much time being made that Williams' son (who wasn't even born when the production began) eventually became a lead animator on it.
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Furrhan would know this.
When Burger King decided to sell fast-food Down Under, they found that there was already a local carry-out restaurant called “Burger King.” As a result, if you’re looking for a Whopper in Australia today, you’ll have to go to a chain called “Hungry Jack’s
When Burger King decided to sell fast-food Down Under, they found that there was already a local carry-out restaurant called “Burger King.” As a result, if you’re looking for a Whopper in Australia today, you’ll have to go to a chain called “Hungry Jack’s
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Huh, Australia as also has something called the Chiko Roll that's inspired by the spring roll and egg roll.
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Wallace and Gromit actually saved the wensleydale cheese factory from bankruptcy.
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After Tiny Tim and Miss Vickie were wed on TV's The Tonight Show, they had one child together, appropriately named Tulip.
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Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.
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James Parkinson (not the physician) won a Museum (Leverian Museum, at Leicester House, on Leicester Square in London) in a lottery on 23 March 1786.
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Viewing a body in a coffin is called a wake only in the US and Canada.
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If it's open for everybody, it's called public viewing. -- There's also Public Viewing in Germany, but that means that lots of people watch sports events like big soccer matches or Formula One on huge screens.Amazee Dayzee wrote:Viewing a body in a coffin is called a wake only in the US and Canada.
Knowing what public viewing really means makes these events sound a bit odd.
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Wait? They watch sports WITH the body in the casket or does it mean just viewing sports in a bar area?
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Lazarus Syndrome, autoresuscitation after failed CPR, has occurred 38 times since 1982. Nobody really knows why.
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With 199 days, Samantha Cristoforetti is the female astronaut with the longest permanency time in the Space in a single mission.
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In the election of 1968, Wilt Chamberlain endorsed and campaigned for Richard Nixon.
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If you bike too fast in a park you might get a face full of insects that make you spot, spaz, and spit.
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